Bilateral treaty only means to readjust domestic tariffs for US

Dhaka, July 8 -- Government revenue authorities find limited scope to satisfy the Trump administration by reducing tariffs for US imports unless Bangladesh goes for bilateral treaty -- the only byway ... Read More

Revenue collection faces record shortfall in FY25 as Petrobangla arrears mount

Dhaka, June 30 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is heading towards a record tax shortfall of around Tk 1.0 trillion in the outgoing fiscal year (FY 2024-25), despite efforts to recover long-stan... Read More

NBR reform imbroglio disrupts trade delivery, revenue collection

Dhaka, June 29 -- Entire revenue administration of Bangladesh faces an unprecedented disruption amid agitating-staff-government standoff over reform disagreements, threatening to upend the country's m... Read More

Money-whitening facility unlikely in next fiscal

Dhaka, June 17 -- The much-debated black-money-whitening facility is unlikely in the upcoming fiscal year as the provision incorporated into the Finance Ordinance may finally be dropped amid outcry. ... Read More

Risk-based reforms could cut food import delays by 80pc: Study

Dhaka, June 14 -- The average clearance time for food and agricultural imports in Bangladesh could be slashed by up to 80 per cent through targeted risk-management reforms, a new study has found. It ... Read More

Govt likely to cut newsprint import duty to 3.0 per cent

Dhaka, May 27 -- The government is likely to reduce the import duty on newsprint in the upcoming fiscal year. The rate of customs duty may be brought down to 3.0 per cent from the existing 5.0 per ce... Read More

Well-off likely to pay higher taxes

Dhaka, May 26 -- Affluent people may have to pay higher taxes in the upcoming fiscal year under amended wealth-tax provisions in the new budget, among some other changes in fiscal measures. The base ... Read More

National trade, import disrupted for taxmen's strike

Dhaka, May 19 -- A prolonged pen-down protest by revenue officials demanding the scrapping of an ordinance that bifurcated their board takes a heavy toll on total supply-chain management of imports, b... Read More

Tax ceiling up, corporate rates rise

Dhaka, May 18 -- Tax-free income threshold for all individual taxpayers is going up and corporate rates are being raised in the new budgetary measures ready for the chief adviser's perusal today (Mond... Read More

ADB Annual Meeting begins in Milan today

Dhaka, May 4 -- A four-day Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) begins in Milan, Italy today (Sunday), focusing on critical issues to forge the member nations' path into a more sustainab... Read More

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